When the UFC emerged in 1993, Rorion Gracie, one of its founders, had a clear goal: to make Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as popular as ...

Ju-jitsu is a family of martial arts which has rich origins in ancient Japan. According to legend, Shirobei Akiyama noticed how most tree branches broke during a blizzard, but that some also bent ...

Jiu-jitsu has spread across all corners of the globe. It first began as armored wrestling, which then sportified into Judo, and later derived as Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. This program will unravel the ...

F irst emerging in ancient Japan during the early 16th century, jiu-jitsu, the “gentle art” or “art of suppleness”, has become a global phenomenon. The martial art and combat sport was ...

Grappling legend Marcelo Garcia has seen the sport of jiu-jitsu developing in recent years, and not necessarily for the better. After spending over a decade on the shelf, the multi-time BJJ world ...